However, once I start writing, every little negative things just flots away and I remember why I love doing this so much.
Today’s article will be much lighter and positive than the previous weekly news posts and I’m very happy about that.
“SOS Villages d’Enfants, 40 years later”
“SOS Children Villages”
Saturday June 23rd, 2018, marked the 69th year of the “SOS Villages d’Enfants” organization. On the same day, they celebrated their 40 years of services, in Haïti. The Organization has been in the country since 1978, in the community of Santo, Croix-des-Bouquets.
Many ex “villagers”, parents and other guests, who benefited from the different programs of the “Village”, participated in the festivities marking both their 69th Birthday internationally and their 40 years in our country.
On that meaningful day, the national director, Céligny Darius, stated that the “Village” worked in the reinforcement of 9 023 families registered in their programs. They also helped many victims of the Hurricane Matthew, which mostly struck the south of Haïti, in 2016.
Today, the “Village”, founded by Hermann Gmeiner, counts 3 villages in Cap-Haitien, Cayes and Port-au-Prince. Their main goal is to help kids that were abandoned and orphans. In the same spirit of helping children, the
organization has three elementary schools, which welcomes 2 636 kids, eight technical schools and they also contributed in training 785 young adults.
Giving children a safe and protective environment is very important. In 2021, the representatives of the “Village” plan on helping 18 014 kids and young adults and with their different programs, they want to help 3 296 more families.
The task will not be easy, however we surely can wish them luck and hope they keep up their good work.
Source: Caleb Lefèvre, Le Nouvelliste.
This was “Té’m Ba’w On Nouvel”, writen by Tiff,
“SOS Villages d’Enfants, 40 years later” edition.
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